The first interim National chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande has urged the National Assembly to dump the 1999 constitution and embrace 1960. Akande while responding to questions from newsmen on Saturday ahead of his 85th birthday ceremony held that to give nod to restructuring of the country does not require …

Lawmakers have budgeted an additional N30 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The N30 billion earmarked for the renovation of the building was part of the N344.85 billion budgeted for the National Assembly after they raised their allocations from N197.93 billion. The N344.85 billion, signed by President Bola Tinubu on 1 January, …

House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has said the National Assembly will pass the 2024 budget on Saturday, 30 December. Abbas spoke when the House resumed plenary yesterday in Abuja. The Speaker passed a message from the Committee on Appropriation to various committees of the House that they must conclude and submit their reports of the budget defence by agencies …

The Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriations yesterday gave the standing committees in both chambers a 48-hour ultimatum to submit their reports on the 2024 budget. The chairman of the joint committee, Senator Solomon Adeola, issued the order. He said the move became necessary to enable the National Assembly pass the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget before the end of this …

National Assembly has threatened to sanction the ministers of state for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, and (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo for failing to appear before it for the 2024 budget defence. The joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Resources issued the threat when it convened for the budget defence but the ministers did not turn up. The …

As commentators on Nigerian affairs, there are situations and circumstances where  writers, out of niggling frustrations and hapless impotence, wish for something tragically severe, akin to a hot sharp knife skinning the hides off fat lambs, would descend on the irresponsible and insensitive portion of our governing blocs – especially the legislative mandarins. With tons of critical written pieces, brimming with …

The Conservator-General  of the National Park Service, Dr. Ibrahim Goni, on Monday said the National Assembly had given the approval for the operation of 10 new national parks in the country. At the decoration ceremony of seven officers in the service in Abuja, Goni said: “It is gratifying to mention that the Service has recently received the concurrence of the National …

Despite the resolution of the House of Representatives to suspend the concession process for Nigeria’s four major airports, on Sunday, it was gathered that two of the facilities were already nearing commercial closure. Officials of the Federal Government told The PUNCH that the concession of the airports was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and, as such, there would …

The House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, raising the ceiling of Ways and Means Advances (WMA) from the apex bank from five to 15 per cent. The House gave the approval at an emergency sitting today, which Breezy News earlier reported. At an emergency plenary yesterday, the Senate raised approved an …

Ebonyi State Governor, Enrg. Dave Umahi has said that lawmakers should be given a three-term tenure limit to save the cost of educating new entrants into the National Assembly on legislative processes. He also suggested an age limit of 70 years for lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly. The governor made the suggestions during an …